Quote Saddened!="Saddened!"Not sure why you've just listed all the lesser players at the club. It's having Hodgson (World class and in demand), Atkins (Expensive SL purchase), Monaghan, King (World class when in NRL and boasted about his 'ridiculous' deal), Myler (Expensive SL purchase), Briers, Morley (Arguably best prop in the world when signed), Monaghan (World class), Carvell (Expensive SL purchase) and Westwood (Much in demand) in the same side as well as the depth you mention that raises eyebrows. Then your coach comes out and states he's looking to increase the squad numbers and sign a few more when you've already signed two or three more cracking players for next year.
I'm not suggesting Warrington are over the cap, the top side will always have the accusations thrown at them. But I'd be absolutely amazed if Warrington weren't back loading contracts to do it.'"
For a supporter of a team who has had it loaded with the likes of Newlove, Sulthorper, Long, Cunningham, Joynt, etc. and so on, it is strange that you feel so confident that we are being dodgy.
I named the lesser players to show that we have plenty of players in our first team squad who will be on low wages. You'd think we had it rammed with internationals the way you bang on.
When you look at each of the signings indiviidually there are things that go with it. Hudds only offered Hodgson a 1 year deal, and there were/are question marks about his fitness, maybe the fact that we were prepared to gamble on 2 years was a factor rather than a huge salary.
The likes of Atkins and Myler were still young lads, and whilst their clubs demanded large fees, that doesn't mean the players automaticlaly get big wages. In reality, a club like Wire, or Saints, Wigan etc. could offer them less than Wakey or Salford and still be attractive to them. No disrespect to those clubs.
When we signed Morley, he was replacing the likes of Danny Lima etc. We had space on the cap no doubt!
When we signed King and Monaghan, the exchange rate was outstanding for these players. It is no massive surprise that King is now leaving.
It seems that Saints, Wigan, Leeds and Bradford are allowed to pack their team's with international players, but as soon as we dare to do that to be competitive, we must be cheats.